April Meeting 2024
This month Adam Clark came and gave us a talk about Bees, he keeps bees in Saham Toney and Ashill.
He told us how a hive is constructed and passed round some examples. He went on to tell us how the bees work and the different types of bee in each hive, and how the queen lays her eggs and the workers then seal the eggs in their cells. He went on to tell us about the year of a beekeeper, and the bees’ activities throughout the year. He told us of how the bees collecting the nectar inform the others of where the best pollen is by doing a dance in a figure of eight, the distance is depicted in the size of the eight and the direction from the hive using the sun in relation to the hive entrance. The hive entrance is also guarded by other bees to stop other insects, like wasps coming into the hive.
He ended by giving out some leaflets, showing the year and which plants produced the best pollen at which time of year and a leaflet telling us about trees useful to bees.
A very interesting and informative meeting.